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I see a lot of people train "instinctively" and it leads them away from what is productive to what is easy.
I think instinctive training should be reserved for unexpected tweaks and pains midway through a workout but you should otherwise have a pretty distinct plan of assault

I see a lot of people train "instinctively" and it leads them away from what is productive to what is easy.
I think instinctive training should be reserved for unexpected tweaks and pains midway through a workout but you should otherwise have a pretty distinct plan of assault

I see a lot of people train "instinctively" and it leads them away from what is productive to what is easy.
I think instinctive training should be reserved for unexpected tweaks and pains midway through a workout but you should otherwise have a pretty distinct plan of assault

What I always hear from people is they get "bored" so they keep changing things up. LOL

Exactly! Like today I pulled a damn muscle in my trap and had to omit movements that bothered it and added in ones that did not.

100% we have to listen to our body and not be that " young dumb kid" that continues even if there is pain. I did that with a shoulder pain a few years ago and it took almost a year for my shoulder to feel normal again. I learned my lesson

100% we have to listen to our body and not be that " young dumb kid" that continues even if there is pain. I did that with a shoulder pain a few years ago and it took almost a year for my shoulder to feel normal again. I learned my lesson

AHHAHHA oh me too! i WORKED THROUGH KNEE PAIN FOR YEARS AND NOW I AM DAMN CRIPPLE. It is a shame we have to learn like that.

I'd say its more along the lines of seeing constant gains! =) you can't perform the same movements week in and week out in the same order and except to see gains! Right?

If I like the way an exercise feels (i love flat db press for example) but if I'm stalling I'll modulate frequency and volume before I admit defeat and swap to flat BB. It's hard to get proficient at an exercise if you are changing it prematurely. I believe that if you swap exercises every two weeks you will see great gains for those specific exercises because you are going through the initial neurological adaptation to a new movement rather than a hypertrophic adaptation.

Variety is the spice of life...

I basically followed my original routine, that centered around the "Core" movements for the first few years before exploring other options. After that, pretty much EVERY workout was put together just prior to entering the gym usually while having my breakfast.

Not exactly true. Dorian did the same exercises for 10 years. Clearly there has to be some change up. However I do not think a plan should change exercises for at least 5-6 weeks

Dorian was also drugged to the eyeballs and had genetics that no one else can ever mimic. The exception never proves the rule!

Originally Posted by 0RiFt0

If I like the way an exercise feels (i love flat db press for example) but if I'm stalling I'll modulate frequency and volume before I admit defeat and swap to flat BB. It's hard to get proficient at an exercise if you are changing it prematurely. I believe that if you swap exercises every two weeks you will see great gains for those specific exercises because you are going through the initial neurological adaptation to a new movement rather than a hypertrophic adaptation.

You can hit the same movements but in a different order on different days to prevent adaptation. That was my point. I don't think everything should radically change every two weeks, that makes zero sense! We are on the same page.

Dorian was also drugged to the eyeballs and had genetics that no one else can ever mimic. The exception never proves the rule!

You can hit the same movements but in a different order on different days to prevent adaptation. That was my point. I don't think everything should radically change every two weeks, that makes zero sense! We are on the same page.

Well course but drugs help you with recover. They do not make exercise stimulus fresh everytime you hit it so the drug argument does not work in this. Of course there is an exception to every rule but there is thing called neurological adaptation of a movement. That is why when you do a new movement for the first time you are able to move up in weight each week fairly quick before leveling off. So changing exercises too frequently is not good at all. changing it up every 4-6 weeks sure, but changing it up every workout is just not the best approach esp for strength.

Def can change in different order. We are on the same page for the most part.

If I like the way an exercise feels (i love flat db press for example) but if I'm stalling I'll modulate frequency and volume before I admit defeat and swap to flat BB. It's hard to get proficient at an exercise if you are changing it prematurely. I believe that if you swap exercises every two weeks you will see great gains for those specific exercises because you are going through the initial neurological adaptation to a new movement rather than a hypertrophic adaptation.